HateYouAndMyself

Some of you are missing the single best reason to hire Gary Patterson. If it doesn't work out, we get to fucking fire GARY PATTERSON.

I disagree. As wise as this would be I already have a bet with my brother on how long it takes for the first Texas athlete to buy a pet Tiger. I took an aggressive under so they need to hold off on the advisory shit for at least two years.

He has been linked to like five jobs in a row now. Clearly there is something there. My bet is he knows he will get fired within the next year or two at this rate and no NFL HC gigs will be open to him beyond that. So if he wants the sweetest landing spot possible... now is the time. Hope he fucking stays there and they get stuck with BV or some other reach

Please for the love of god do not let his OU hire be Matt Rhule.

Brown would only sit the one year. CJ is a sophomore absolutely going pro after '22. So Brown and Ewers would battle it out for the starting gig that Spring with the loser transferring. Brown was prepared to sit for at least a year at USC as well before he got on our radar. Not trying to be a downer but the OSU situation seems at least at face value to be playing out in the worst possible way for us.

I've heard the following from people connected at OSU: McCord had the head start and seemed like a forgone conclusion Ewers would transfer once he arrived. He came in a bit out of shape, had effort and personality issues with the coaching staff... it was a mess. Yet here we are at the end of the season and the belief is Ewers has a potentially significant edge on McCord and would be the large betting favorite to replace CJ as starter in '22 were CJ able to go pro now. Then throw in Devin Brown into the mix (basically a lock there; I really fucking hope Sark was smart enough to have a Plan D, E and maybe F...), who many believe has more raw talent than McCord and a full year to develop before the competition truly starts? TLDR Ewers came in with disadvantages and the people who cover them on the daily seem to think Ewers has already passed McCord. I would think if McCord is self aware he sees that also. Fully expect he transfers if Brown picks OSU and that seems like a ~90% likely outcome currently.

Would love to have him or someone equally experienced and proven... but he probably just follows his coach to Washington. I think he was there originally iirc? Then some drama with Lake or something like that. Either way I imagine it won't matter since that staff will be gone. I get in theory it is somewhat delusional to expect accomplished QBs to transfer to a five win team with OL issues... but the whole fucking point of hiring Sark was for situations like this.

What does Yuli Gurriel have to do with this?

I think there was just a vain hope that Raymond might not want to coach under that cocksucker. Dammit

I will just say this. The interest by Rhule in that LSU job was real. I know people connected to him and while I'm not saying it ever came close to being done it came close enough to have me breathing one giant fucking sigh of relief right now. I will take a 60 year old Kelly who takes pride in doing things 'clean' at LSU over the VERY possible alternatives. Cristobal was also very much in the mix had they pressed and while I think he is a fairly shit coach it would been catastrophic to our recruiting for the short and near term.

I'll give Freeman as many head jobs as it takes if it gets him to replace PK.

It is probably better than hiring a coordinator with their only head coaching experience being a fucking dumpster fire. Just saying...

Fully expect them to land Jeff Lebby and have it announced within the next day or two. Just how this shit seems to work. I think we can kiss any shot at leeching their defensive talent goodbye but overall I'm happy with this. Far better than had they brought on Cristobal or god fucking forbid Rhule (who I still fully expect ends up at LSU).

Roach on Kobie McKinzie: Basically said he spoke with our staff tonight after his decommitment and there is interest on both sides.

No one is 'mad'. It was simply a response to the idea that we shouldn't want or pursue Simmons because the mother of a former disgruntled Sooner took a shot at him for something he likely had no involvement in (considering he isn't listed among those following Riley to USC). I hope every single parent and player on OU spends the next few months roasting the shit out of that staff and Riley to anyone who will listen. They deserve it... but the idea it would or should cause us to hesitate for even one second to hire Simmons is silly.

Yeah, I know, but considering her son bailed on OU and in the year since there hasn't been a single slice of drama involving Simmons get out or any sign of his recruiting ability being slowed... who the fuck cares what she thinks? I don't consider her take any more valid than the bullshit flowing from Thompson's dad.

Because some random bitch is throwing shade? Weird as hell to even take a shot at Simmons; doubt he even knew this was coming. The reports from USC are that they did not even get a deal done until literally last night. edit: And yes I know that is the mother. Clearly whatever drama she is supposedly referencing didn't do a damned thing to stop Simmons from lining up a killer group of '23 wideouts.

It isn't even worth discussing because Coombs isn't coming here. He is a white whale like Karl Scott or Raymond. Nice to dream about but <.01% chance of happening. Purely theoretical? You would make Coombs Co-DC and pay him as much or even more than PK and dare the cunt to mention it twice. Offer Choate a token raise in exchange for losing the title and throw him some made up bullshit like 'run defense coordinator' or something like we did with Joseph. I stress again this is purely hypothetical because there is no fucking chance enough things go right for us to actually land someone like him.

The only suitable reaction to that, for anyone not completely goddamn retarded, would be: Coombs would instantly flip Brookes and almost certainly guarantee Harris. Fucker has played a major role in bleeding talent from our state. Throwing a Co-DC tag on Coombs would be an automatic decision for 99.99% of the coaches out there. It is never going to happen though.

If Williams follows Riley then I have to think Dart will hit the portal. No way he hangs around to compete with a guy his new HC is bringing with on the plane. Not sure we would factor into his potential landing spots but that kid has excellent upside and would be a good fit with Sark's system. /shrug

Posted this in the coaching staff changes thread but it is relevant here also; Mickey Joseph (LSU WR coach and god tier recruiter) is bailing for Nebraska where he played college ball. Might put Shaz Preston back in play depending on the LSU hire. Haven't heard that name much since the collapse began but afaik we were still running second... just very far behind LSU.

Sounds like Mickey Joseph is going to Nebraska. Sucks because he would have been the absolutely perfect replacement for Coleman.. but at least we won't have to recruit directly against his ass anymore. I get he played at Nebraska but still surprised he is joining that sinking ship. Obviously he would not have been an option if we are firing his brother (or cousin?) Terry but I will fucking believe that only when it actually happens. edit: On a recruiting related note... wonder what that potentially means for Shaz Preston. We haven't heard his name much the last ~month but that was mostly due to him being a considered an LSU lock afaik. Joseph was his primary there and he sure as fuck isn't following the guy to corn country. Hopefully Preston comes back into play depending on our hire.

Stop being such a dipshit.. Harbaugh having patience is what almost cost him his fucking job. He spent years defending bad coaches on his staff and attempting to force an offensive philosophy that simply did not match his talent on campus. What happened? He had a gun put to his proverbial head and was told this was it; make the fucking changes that even the casual fans knew were needed... or else. And the cunt did it. The reason they are celebrating on that field right now is because he finally made a significant change on defense and brought in Macdonald, that fucking badass from the Ravens, to be his DC. The impact was clear and immediate. If anything this success by Michigan is an argument AGAINST having patience. Good assistant coaches do not need years to succeed. Their impact should be immediate and positive or they are shit. Not saying everything will or should work out perfectly like with Michigan right off the bat but when you see wholesale regression and incompetence there is no reason or need to keep jerking off the same corpse hoping it'll miraculously revive itself. Patience, and you, can go fuck itself.